List of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom

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This is a list of diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom. At present, the capital city of London hosts 165 embassies and high commissions. Several other countries have ambassadors accredited to the United Kingdom, with most being resident in Brussels or Paris. There are also a number of Honorary Consuls resident in various locations in the UK.

Embassies and High Commissions in London^[1][]

For links to individual embassy pages see links at the bottom

Entries marked with an asterisk (*) are member-states of the Commonwealth of Nations. As such, their embassies are formally termed as high commissions.

Representative Offices/Other Missions in London[]

British Overseas Territories^[2][]

•  Anguilla
•  Bermuda
•  British Virgin Islands
•  Cayman Islands
•  Falkland Islands
•  Gibraltar
•  Montserrat
•  Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
•  Tristan da Cunha
•  Turks and Caicos Islands

Other dependencies^[2][]

•  Hong Kong (Trade Office)
•  Quebec ( [fr])^[3]

Disputed regions and states^[2][]

• North Cyprus^[4]
•  Palestine
•  Somaliland
•  Republic of China (Taiwan) (Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.)
• National Coalition for Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces

International organisations[]

•  Arab League
•  European Union
• International Organisation for Migration
•  United Nations:
  • International Maritime Organization
  • United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
  • World Food Programme
• World Bank

Consular missions[]

Some countries also maintain consular missions in the following towns and cities (Bangladesh uses the title "Assistant High Commission" instead of "Consulate-General"):^[5][6][7]

Belfast[]

•  China (Consulate General)^[8]
•  Poland (Consulate General)^[9]
•  United States (Consulate General)^[10]

Birmingham[]

•  Bangladesh (Assistant High Commission)^[11]
•  India (Consulate General)^[12]
•  Pakistan (Consulate)^[13]

Bradford[]

•  Pakistan (Consulate)^[13]

Cardiff[]

•  Ireland (Consulate General)^[14]

Comber[]

•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (Consulate General)^[15]

Edinburgh[]

George Town, Cayman Islands[]

•  United States (Consular Agency)

Glasgow[]

•  Pakistan (Consulate)^[13]

Hamilton, Bermuda[]

•  United States (Consulate General)^[29]

Manchester[]

Accredited non-resident embassies[]

States with no or other representation in the United Kingdom[]

States with an Honorary Consul:

•  Benin
•  Bhutan
•  Burkina Faso
•  Cape Verde
•  Comoros
•  Republic of the Congo
•  Kiribati
•  Nauru
•  Palau
•  Samoa
•  San Marino
•  Suriname
•  Tuvalu (Tuvalu House)

For a variety of reasons the following sovereign states have no form of representation in the United Kingdom:

•  Liechtenstein
•  Marshall Islands
•  Federated States of Micronesia

There are also a number of partially recognised states not recognised by the United Kingdom; see List of states with limited recognition.

Closed missions[]

Host city	Sending country	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Birmingham	United States	Consulate	1965	[37]
Bradford	United States	Consulate	1953	[37]
Bristol	United States	Consulate	1948	[37]
Cardiff	United States	Consulate	1963	[37]
Edinburgh	Norway	Consulate-General	2008	[38]
Gibraltar	Spain	Consulate-General	1954	[39]
Hull	United States	Consulate	1948	[37]
Glasgow	Poland	Consulate-General	1985	[40]
	United States	Consulate	1965	[37]
Liverpool	Colombia	Consulate-General	1988	[41]
	France	Consulate-General	1991	[42]
	United States	Consulate	1973	[37]
Manchester	Australia	Consulate	2001	[43]
	Iran	Consulate	1987	[44]
	Italy	Consulate	2011	[45]
	United States	Consulate	1963	[37]
Newcastle-on-Tyne	United States	Consulate	1953	[37]
Plymouth	United States	Consulate	1948	[37]
Southampton	United States	Consulate	1965	[37]

See also[]

• Foreign relations of the United Kingdom
• List of diplomatic missions in Scotland
• List of diplomatic missions in Wales
• List of diplomatic missions in Northern Ireland
• List of diplomatic missions of the United Kingdom
• List of Ambassadors and High Commissioners to the United Kingdom
• List of country codes on British diplomatic vehicle registration plates
• Visa requirements for British citizens

Notes[]

a.

^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008. Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognised as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states have recognised Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

External links[]

• List of foreign embassies in the UK

References[]